Subject: ISS Predictions

Following is a recent report of the International Space Station that I
made. ISS can easily be seen without aid if the weather permits. Sites
on the internet for getting orbital elements include
http://www.space-track.org (very current data from the Department of
Defense), http://celestrak.com (maintained by Col TS Kelso) and
http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants (maintained by Mike McCants). The last
site contains satellite elements of classified objects.
- Jeff Stetekluh   (jeff.stetekluh@acm.org)


2023-03-30  3:37:01 AM

Station:    Stetekluh House
Latitude:   38 deg 51 min 13 sec N
Longitude:  77 deg  4 min 14 sec W
Height:     38 meters

Pass - From: Thu 2023-03-30  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Sun 2023-04-09 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2023  89.17170997  2023-03-30 04:07:16 UTC
Drag2                       0.00030110 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       5.3719e-04
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               999
Inclination                51.6425 Deg
RAAN                        0.0310 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0005885
Argument of Perigee       149.0909 Deg
Mean Anomaly               13.7638 Deg
Mean Motion                15.49793248 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        38953

Semimajor Axis          6795.97 km
Precession              4.9549 Deg West/Day
Period                     92.92 Min
Apogee                    421.84 km
Perigee                   413.84 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Fri  2023-03-31  8:45:00 PM     314      3     2028     416   3.2  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:46:00 PM     317      8     1625     416   2.3  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:47:00 PM     322     15     1235     416   1.3  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:48:00 PM     332     25      875     416   0.0  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:49:00 PM     359     42      606     416  -1.5  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:50:00 PM      60     44      578     416  -2.2  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:51:00 PM      94     28      814     416  -1.7    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:52:00 PM     106     16     1164     416  -0.9    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:53:00 PM     111      9     1552     417  -0.3    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:54:00 PM     115      4     1953     417   0.2    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Sun  2023-04-02  8:45:00 PM     304      3     2036     416   3.8  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:46:00 PM     302      8     1628     416   3.1  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:47:00 PM     298     15     1229     416   2.1  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:48:00 PM     291     26      856     416   0.7  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:49:00 PM     266     46      565     416  -1.1  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:50:00 PM     192     51      524     416  -2.2  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:51:00 PM     157     30      772     417  -1.6  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:52:00 PM     148     17     1133     417  -0.9    In shadow
Sun  2023-04-02  8:53:00 PM     143      9     1528     417  -0.2    In shadow
Sun  2023-04-02  8:54:00 PM     141      4     1935     418   0.3    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Mon  2023-04-03  7:56:00 PM     309      1     2264     416   3.6     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  7:57:00 PM     310      5     1850     416   3.0     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  7:58:00 PM     311     11     1440     416   2.3     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  7:59:00 PM     313     19     1041     416   1.2     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  8:00:00 PM     317     36      674     416  -0.4     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  8:01:00 PM     348     73      434     416  -2.3  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:02:00 PM     115     49      538     416  -2.4  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:03:00 PM     123     25      869     416  -1.5  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:04:00 PM     125     14     1259     417  -0.7  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:05:00 PM     126      7     1666     417  -0.1  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:06:00 PM     127      2     2079     417   0.4    In shadow